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[[File:Vampire_Welcome_Mat_-_The_Mat_is_a_Generalization.jpg|thumb|Front cover of ''The Mat is a Generaliation'' by Vampire Welcome Mat.]]'''''The Mat is a Generalization''''' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]. | [[File:Vampire_Welcome_Mat_-_The_Mat_is_a_Generalization.jpg|thumb|Front cover of ''The Mat is a Generaliation'' by Vampire Welcome Mat.]]'''''The Mat is a Generalization''''' is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble [[Vampire Welcome Mat]]. | ||
== Tribute to Bela Lugosi == | == Tribute to Bela Lugosi == | ||
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== Commission == | == Commission == | ||
The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time- | The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time-traveler [[Niles Cartouchian]] while visiting [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], where most of the ensemble members reside. | ||
=== Sponsors === | |||
Sponsors for ongoing research into ''The Mat is a Generalization'' include the [[Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club]], the [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] Urban Systems Coalescence Group (Performing Arts Subroutine), and the [[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]]. | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File:Sluggo - The map is not the territory.jpg|link=Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?|'''[[Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?]]''' | |||
File:Cite Baudrillard or Die.jpg|link=Cite Baudrillard or Die|'''''[[Cite Baudrillard or Die]]''''' is the debut album by American crossover thrash philosophy group Shatterproof Doom Rest, released in August of [REDACTED]. | |||
File:The_Mat_is_a_Generalization_-_Facebook_comment.jpg|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/248000322914106/?comment_id=248015222912616 Facebook comment] — I cosplay Alfred Korzybski's general semantics in Bela Lugosi drag. The image represents my one-vampire stand-up logic routine, "The Mat is a Generalization". | |||
File:The Mat is a Generalization - Facebook comment (2).jpg|[https://www.facebook.com/groups/concellation/permalink/248000322914106/?comment_id=248015222912616&reply_comment_id=248026252911513 Facebook comment (2)] — the Recursion begins .... | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]] | |||
* [[Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club]] | |||
* [[Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?]] | |||
* ''[[Cite Baudrillard or Die]]'' | |||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | * [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] | * [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] | ||
* [[Reading Dracula's Autobiography]] | |||
* [[Vampire Welcome Mat]] | * [[Vampire Welcome Mat]] | ||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski] | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Korzybski Alfred Korzybski] | ||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1713914289705136203 Post] @ Twitter (16 October 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1288270921673986048 Post] @ Twitter (20 July 2020) | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Crimes against mathematical constants]] | |||
[[Category:New Minneapolis, Canada]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:31, 25 July 2024
The Mat is a Generalization is a computational performance program by the goth-influenced mathematical ensemble Vampire Welcome Mat.
Tribute to Bela Lugosi
The work is a tribute to Bela Lugosi.
Critical response
Math critic and known fabulist Karl Jones named Vampire Welcome Mat as his favorite performing mathematical ensemble of 2020, calling The Mat is a Generalization "an extraordinary and heart-felt tribute to the general semantics of Alfred Korzybski."
Commission
The work was commissioned by math connoisseur and alleged time-traveler Niles Cartouchian while visiting New Minneapolis, Canada, where most of the ensemble members reside.
Sponsors
Sponsors for ongoing research into The Mat is a Generalization include the Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club, the New Minneapolis, Canada Urban Systems Coalescence Group (Performing Arts Subroutine), and the Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization.
In the News
![Cite Baudrillard or Die is the debut album by American crossover thrash philosophy group Shatterproof Doom Rest, released in August of [REDACTED].](/w/images/thumb/7/75/Cite_Baudrillard_or_Die.jpg/95px-Cite_Baudrillard_or_Die.jpg)
Cite Baudrillard or Die is the debut album by American crossover thrash philosophy group Shatterproof Doom Rest, released in August of [REDACTED].
Facebook comment — I cosplay Alfred Korzybski's general semantics in Bela Lugosi drag. The image represents my one-vampire stand-up logic routine, "The Mat is a Generalization".
Facebook comment (2) — the Recursion begins ....
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Fiction cross-reference
- Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization
- Bela Lugosi Computational Dramaturgy Club
- Can artificial intelligence ever fully replicate human creativity?
- Cite Baudrillard or Die
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- New Minneapolis, Canada
- Reading Dracula's Autobiography
- Vampire Welcome Mat